Islam and Its Spread
What is the second holiest text within Islam and what is in it?
Hadith, the teachings of Muhammad
What makes a Chinese dynasty?
A new claim on the Mandate of Heaven
What were the Viking social classes?
Lowest class were thralls (enslaved or close to it), Karls were free peasants, Elites were jarls
What was the main goal of the crusades?
To take back the Levant (Holy Land)
What is the name of the ancient civilization in Alabama?
Moundville
Who founded the Mali Empire?
Sundiata
Where were the Sui obsessed with invading?
Goguryeo (Korea)
Who is the star of the Sagas?
Amleth
What is the term for the Mongolian military/hunting herding maneuver?
Jarga/Nerge
What is the most dominated crop in the Americas?
Maize
The term for Islamic mysticism…
Sufism
What is the Zizhi Tongjian?
A history of China (with 3 million character, 294 scrolls, and 16 dynasties)
Who is Li Shimin?
The second emperor of the Tang dynasty
What pathogen is the causative agent of the Black Deat?
Yersnia Pestis
Who are the Aztec
People from Aztlan. Mexica and the Triple Alliance.
Who are the Children of the Book and what tax did they pay?
Christians and Jews (Abrahamic religions), Jizya
What was so important about the Tomb of Li Jingxun?
Showed the vast exchange networks of goods that reach Sui China.
What is a griot?
An oral storyteller
Name the three types of plague. Which is deadliest?
Pneumonic, Septicemic, Bubonic. Pneumonic.
What is Chunkey?
Mississippian ball game
What is the constitution of the Mali Empire?
Kouroukan Fouga
What was the most important part of the Tang house?
Pigs
Did the plague reach China?
Unclear.
Who was Peter the Hermit?
Leader of the popular crusade.
Who were the jaguar warriors
Elite warriors of the Aztec Empire who gained rank based on war captives.